Here's a project I did a couple of years ago. The original vinyl covers were in good shape but an icky light green. The wood bases under the vinyl was getting rotten, so not knowing what I would uncover
, I ripped everything apart. It speaks to the good quality work Marinette did lo those many years ago('73), the foam was in excellant shape it being covered with a thick plastic so it couldn't get wet and break down. I replaced the wood bas and back with 3/4 treated plywood. I also cut the width of the seats down about 6"( they were wide enough for a 400lb fat lady). This gave more "wakling around room". This necessitated cutting the foam down and rewrapping . I fastened all the alum. brackets under the seat with new s.s. 1/4" machine shrews. The new nuts were the type where you drill holes in the wood, insert the treaded piece and hammer it home seating the wings(keeping it from spinnine). I took the old covers to an upholstery shop to make new ones out of sunbrella material. They made them removable for cleaning. It cost extra to have them make piping for the seams but that adds to the looks. The Marinette logo I had made by a lady who has a computer operated enbroidery maching. she photographed the logo off the cover of the original manual that came with the boat. The aluminum back supports had some cosmetic corrosion so I sewed up some sunbrella sleaves to hide it.
The cost for the project was $25 for the embroidery, $150 for the upholstery(thats both seats). The rest of the materials I had on hand. All in all not bad.
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